IBM Case Studies Luna Lights: Helping reduce fall risks with cloud-based analytics

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Luna Lights: Helping reduce fall risks with cloud-based analytics

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Technology Category	Analytics & Modeling - Real Time Analytics Platform as a Service (PaaS) - Connectivity Platforms
Applicable Industries	Healthcare & Hospitals
Applicable Functions	Quality Assurance
Use Cases	Real-Time Location System (RTLS) Remote Asset Management
Services	Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services
Challenge	Luna Lights, a startup based in Chicago, developed an automated lighting system that uses pressure sensors and cloud-based analytics to help reduce and prevent falls among older adults. However, the company faced challenges in keeping costs down while complying with healthcare regulations. Their previous cloud services provider was expensive and did not provide the necessary security controls to meet healthcare regulations. Read More
About Customer	Luna Lights is a startup based in Chicago, Illinois. The company develops and sells an automated lighting system designed to reduce and prevent falls among older adults. The system uses pressure sensors to detect when an individual gets out of bed and automatically turns on small, wireless lights placed around the home. A cloud-based software component collects and analyzes data about the frequency and duration that the user is out of bed, sending an alert to a caregiver if duration exceeds a certain threshold. Luna Lights currently sells its solution to assisted living communities in the Chicago area but plans to expand both nationally and internationally to other sectors of senior living, including skilled nursing, home health and memory care. Read More
Solution	Luna Lights was accepted into the IBM Global Entrepreneur Program for Cloud Startups program and migrated its solution to the SoftLayer® platform. This provided the necessary security controls to meet healthcare regulations while keeping costs down. The SoftLayer platform was responsive in getting a business associate’s agreement completed and signed, which was crucial for Luna Lights to comply with regulations. The SoftLayer support team continues to work with Luna Lights as the business grows. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Analytics & Modeling - Real Time Analytics

Platform as a Service (PaaS) - Connectivity Platforms

Applicable Industries

Healthcare & Hospitals

Applicable Functions

Quality Assurance

Use Cases

Real-Time Location System (RTLS)

Remote Asset Management

Services

Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services

Challenge

Luna Lights, a startup based in Chicago, developed an automated lighting system that uses pressure sensors and cloud-based analytics to help reduce and prevent falls among older adults. However, the company faced challenges in keeping costs down while complying with healthcare regulations. Their previous cloud services provider was expensive and did not provide the necessary security controls to meet healthcare regulations.

About Customer

Luna Lights is a startup based in Chicago, Illinois. The company develops and sells an automated lighting system designed to reduce and prevent falls among older adults. The system uses pressure sensors to detect when an individual gets out of bed and automatically turns on small, wireless lights placed around the home. A cloud-based software component collects and analyzes data about the frequency and duration that the user is out of bed, sending an alert to a caregiver if duration exceeds a certain threshold. Luna Lights currently sells its solution to assisted living communities in the Chicago area but plans to expand both nationally and internationally to other sectors of senior living, including skilled nursing, home health and memory care.

Solution

Luna Lights was accepted into the IBM Global Entrepreneur Program for Cloud Startups program and migrated its solution to the SoftLayer® platform. This provided the necessary security controls to meet healthcare regulations while keeping costs down. The SoftLayer platform was responsive in getting a business associate’s agreement completed and signed, which was crucial for Luna Lights to comply with regulations. The SoftLayer support team continues to work with Luna Lights as the business grows.

Impact #1	Helps meet compliance regulations by providing stringent security controls that protect private health information
Impact #2	Reduces costs for startups through a program that offers credits towards IBM Cloud usage
Impact #3	Facilitates business growth with a flexible platform that scales as the company expands

Impact #1

Helps meet compliance regulations by providing stringent security controls that protect private health information

Impact #2

Reduces costs for startups through a program that offers credits towards IBM Cloud usage

Impact #3

Facilitates business growth with a flexible platform that scales as the company expands

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Luna Lights: Helping reduce fall risks with cloud-based analytics

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